Mississippi Mud Cupcakes

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 4 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 1 ¾ cups sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• ½ cup unsweetened cocoa
• ½ teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Marshmallow Frosting (recipe follows)
• Mud Icing (recipe follows)
• ½ cup toasted pecans
• 1 stick butter, softened
• 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
• 1 cup marshmallow cream
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ cup butter, softened
• 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• ¼ cup plus 1 tablespoon milk
• 2 cups powdered sugar